Hello readers!  Welcome back to a more regular posting schedule here now that the holidays are over and things are slowly returning to normal again as we usher in the start of new year.   I always look forward to a fresh start each January and I hope you are too!  Today I am sharing a llama themed box card made from the Lawn Fawn Scalloped Box Card Pop-Up.  This is my go-to die for creating box cards.  You can see this Halloween card in a box I made with it here, or my Grandpa's special 90th birthday pop-up card. This die really allows for lots of elements to be added in order to achieve the ultimate WOW factor.  

The base of this box card was made using Sweet Cane sugar stock.  I lined the backside of the card with white cardstock.  I stamped the sentiment in Black Taffy sugar cube on the backside of the box card.  The side layers were cut from Rich Cactus sugar stock which was mounted behind a yellow polka dot cardstock.  Because this is a digital stamp set, I printed all of the images from my computer onto Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock. *To learn more about digital stamping, please read here. I colored in all of the printed images using Copic markers and added highlights to some of the images using a white Uniball gel pen.  I added some grass to the card using the Whimsy Stamps Grass and Cloud Edger dies.  I cut the grass from Rich Cactus sugar stock.  Then I began to adhere the images to the card using foam adhesive for added dimension.  Lastly, I added a coat of Dazzling Pat to some of the images for added sparkle. 

Here is the Llamazing You stamp set from RG Avenue that I used to create today's card: 

I hope you have enjoyed this llamazing box card!  Thanks for visiting and Happy New Year's Eve!

Hello friends and Merry Christmas (though surely you are all enjoying the magic of being with your friends and families right now and hopefully not spending the day reading here)!  But, in spite of Christmas, the rest of the world goes on and today is my last day sharing as a member of the Butterfly Reflections, Ink Design Team.  A new team is currently being selected and will be announced soon to kick off the new year.  I am so grateful to Vanessa for selecting me to be a part of her team.  I have discovered many new creative friends along the way and I have even been offered some amazing new opportunities that I will be announcing soon!

Today I am sharing a pop-up card featuring the Do Re Me Ow stamp set from Trinity Stamps.  It's a perfect set for me because of my love of cats and these punny sentiments are over the top!  I purchased this stamp set (and many others!) when I was fortunate enough to visit the Butterfly Reflections Ink store on Black Friday this year. 

The base of this A2 sized card is made from Kraft cardstock.  I lined the base of the card with a piece of light blue watercolor paper from the Lawn Fawn Watercolor Wishes paper pack.  I die cut the mountains from Balmy Blue cardstock using the Mama Elephant Snow Capped Mountain dies.  The tops of the mountains were cut from Neenah Solar White smooth cardstock. Along the bottom of the card, I created a curvy snowbank that I lined with a thin coat of Lawn Fawn Chunky Glitter.   I stamped the images (cats, lampost, box) from the Do Re Me Ow stamp set in Memento Tuxedo Black ink on Neenah Solar White smooth cardstock and then I colored the images with Copic Markers.  I used the coordinating Do Re Me Ow dies from Trinity Stamps to die cut the images after coloring.  I adhered the images to the card using foam adhesive for added dimension.  Lastly, I stamped the sentiment in the lower left corner and a few music notes all in Memento Tuxedo Black ink.

The bottom of the inside of the card is a piece of Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock. I stamped the inside sentiment and music notes in Memento Tuxedo Black ink.  The top of the inside of the card is another light blue piece of watercolor paper from the Lawn Fawn Watercolor Wishes paper pack.  I heat embossed some white snowflakes over the paper.  To create the pop-up component, I used the Lawn Fawn Stitched Hillside Pop-Up die and cut it out from Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock.  I added a layer of Lawn Fawn Chunky Glitter to each of the "snowbanks."  I stamped all of the cat images, fences and lamposts in Memento Tuxedo Black ink on Neenah Solar White smooth cardstock and colored the images with Copic markers.  I used the coordinating Do Re Me Ow dies to cut out the colored images and adhered them to the inside of the card to create a scene. Lastly, I added some more music notes stamped in Memento Tuxedo black ink. 

Merry Christmas, friends!  May you be blessed with the spirit of the season which is PEACE, the gladness of the season which is HOPE, and the heart of the season which is LOVE.

Hello friends!  Today I am sharing this multiple interactive card on the Butterfly Reflections Ink blog.  I put off purchasing this adorable "Mice On Ice" stamp set for as long as I possibly could, but in a war between my wallet and Lawn Fawn products, my wallet loses. Nearly every single time!  I added three different interactive components all on this one A2 sized card.  The bottom left corner is a shaker, the top left mice are on Mini Action Wobbles and the mice on the top right are only visible when you lift the flap. 

The base of this A2 sized card is made from Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock.  Using the Lawn Fawn Peekaboo Backdrop Lawn Cuts, I cut the frame from raspberry cardstock.  On the top upper right corner, I added a lift the flap die to the frame.  I stamped the sentiment in raspberry ink.  I stamped all of the mice images in Memento Tuxedo Black ink on Neenah Solar White cardstock.  I colored the images with Copic markers and then used the coordinating Mice on Ice Lawn Cuts to die cut the images out.  On the lower right side of the card, I lined the frame with a small piece of pink plaid cardstock from the Sunny Studios Classic Gingham 6 x 6" paper pack. I then handcut a white snowbank to fill the square and added two mice with foam adhesive.

On the upper left side of the card, I lined the frame again with a small piece of pink plaid cardstock from the Sunny Studios Classic Gingham 6 x 6" paper pack. I then handcut a white snowbank to fill the square and added two mice with this time on a Mini Action Wobble Spring, so that when you touch them they jiggle, or wobble.

In the lower left corner of the card, I created a mini shaker.  I lined the back of the rectangle with a piece of acetate film.  I placed approximately one tablespoon of Iridescent Diamond Dust behind the frame and layered the frame with foam adhesive to give the Iridescent Diamond Dust room to move when you shake it.  I added two more little skating mice on top of the shaker and the word "happy" which I stamped in raspberry ink and cut with the coordinating Mice on Ice Lawn Cuts dies. 

I hope you have enjoyed this very interactive card!  It was a lot of fun to conceptualize and create.
Thanks for visiting and have a wonderfully creative day!

Happy Tuesday readers!  I returned yesterday from a 3-day craft retreat in Connecticut with my mom and several friends.  Today I am sharing another one of the little treats I made for everyone.   As I mentioned last week, it's become a bit of a tradition that when we attend a retreat, we each make little gifts for everyone else attending.  It doesn't necessarily have to be paper-crafted either.  We have some knitters in our group who have knitted hats, and this year my mom made jam for everyone!  Fortunately, it is a small group of six, so it doesn't entail copious amount of work or supplies.  It's simply for the fun of it.  On the first day of the retreat I gave everyone these hot cocoa treat holders, and on Day 3 I left these these "turkey treats" filled with candy on everyone's table.

These Lawn Fawn Fancy Box dies were cut from Rich Razzleberry cardstock.  I adhered a small 3 1/4" 2 1/2" piece of acetate to the underside of the box window before adhering the entire box together with tear tape.  I stamped the sentiment in Crushed Curry ink on Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock and notched the right end.  The turkey was made using the Patchwork Turkey die by Impression Obsession.   I cut the body of the turkey from Early Espresso and Crumb Cake cardstock.  The nose, legs and hearts were cut from Pumpkin Pie cardstock.  The turkey feathers were made from miscellaneous scrap papers.  I drew on his eyes with a black Sharpie marker.  *Note, I realized AFTER I made my turkeys that the orange hearts should have been his wings!  Oops!!

Here is the Lawn Fawn Fancy Box die I used to create today's treat holders:

I have been loving the simplicity of dies to create treat holders with.  I was able to put together both the Lawn Fawn Fancy Box and Lawn Fawn Goodie Bag dies without instruction, so that shows how easy they are to assemble!

Thanks for visiting and have a wonderfully creative day!

Hi friends!  Today I am sharing this winter treat project on the Butterfly Reflections, Ink website.  Next weekend, four girlfriends, my mom, and I are going on our annual craft retreat in Connecticut.  I'm looking forward to a long three-day weekend of crafting, chatting and chillaxing!  This weekend might be particularly chilly too because our local news is already starting to report the first snow for Friday!  It looks like I picked the perfect treat to make for everyone.  It's kind of a tradition for each of us to make small gifts for the other ladies when we go on one of these retreats. This year I chose to put hot cocoa packets into these Lawn Fawn goodie bags!  I wanted to also attach a candy cane, but surprisingly enough I couldn't find any in my local CVS or craft store and Amazon wanted $18 for a dozen! That's just plain crazy!

I chose three colors that are one of my favorite winter combos - Red, turquoise and kraft.  I think these colors are very fun, fresh and festive.  I cut the bags using the Lawn Fawn Goodie Bag die.  *Note, each bag does take a full sheet of 8 1/2" x 11" paper, so it does consume a fair amount of paper.  I assembled the bag using Lawn Fawn 1/4" tear tape. 

To decorate each goodie bag, I used the Holiday Skates stamp set from Avery Elle. I stamped two skates, one candy cane and two branches for each bag.  I stamped the skates and candy cane in Memento Tuxedo black ink and colored them with Copic markers.  I stamped the branches in both kraft ink and turquoise ink and used the coordinatingHoliday Skates die Elle-ments to cut them out. 

I stamped the sentiment "your friendship warms my heart" in Versamark ink on red, kraft or turquoise cardstock and heat embossed it with Lawn Fawn white embossing powder.  The sentiment is from the Concord & 9th Winter Wear stamp set. I die cut each sentiment out using the Lawn Fawn Fancy Folded Banners Lawn Cuts.  I adhered the skates to the front of the goodie bag using foam adhesive and tied a little bow in red ribbon at the top.  I adhered the ribbon with glue dots.  Lastly, I put a packet of hot cocoa and some tissue paper in the bag and adhered the sentiment to the top of the bag. 

These goodie bags were quick and easy to make and I think my friends will really enjoy sipping their cocoa when we are all gathered together in the living room next weekend catching up on the last year's worth of life events.

Thanks for visiting and have a wonderfully creative day!

Hello friends!  Today I'm sharing another Lawn Fawn Double Slider Surprise card with you this time featuring a Christmas theme!  Last week I shared both a fall themed double slider card and a Halloween double slider card because I've been having so much fun with them.  Once I learned how to use this fun interactive die, making these cards became SO much easier.  The age old adage is true, "practice really does make perfect."   Now to master that Lawn Fawn Magic Picture Changer. . .

The base of this A2 sized card is made from Cherry Cobbler cardstock.  I lined the base of the card with a piece of red and green plaid paper.  I made the double slider out of Crumb Cake cardstock.  In order to assemble the base double slider component I followed the Lawn Fawn Double Slider Introduction video on YouTube by Kelly Marie Alvarez.  This step-by-step tutorial is excellent for learning to assemble this die at a beginner level.  I stamped all of the images in Memento Tuxedo Black ink on Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock and colored them using Spectrum Noir markers.  I also added small detailed highlights to each image with a Uniball white gel pen.  I stamped the sentiment in Cherry Cobbler link and notched both ends before adhering it to the card.  I also added Lawn Fawn Prisma Glitter to many of the white spaces on the elves and Santa's hat.  I always use a Quickie Glue Pen in order to add my Prisma Glitter.  *One last thing to note, when you make one of these slider cards, be sure that all of the pieces on the two slider pull-outs (the left and right side) are adhered directly to the card itself.  You cannot use foam adhesive to "pop" these images, or the slider will not operate correctly.  I only used foam adhesive on the front piece of the slider (for the elf, present, sentiment, reindeer and Christmas tree).

I combined two stamps sets from My Favorite Things in order to complete this card:

I also used the Lawn Fawn stamp set "Push Here" to add instructions to the pull-tabs:

I hope you are enjoying these double slider surprise cards as much as I am.
Thanks for visiting and have a great day! 
I'll be enjoying an extra long holiday weekend, so I'll see you back here next Tuesday!

Hi friends! Today I am sharing this spooky slider card over on the Butterfly Reflections, Ink. blog!  One of the things I love most about all of the Lawn Fawn products is that they are designed to coordinate uniformly across the entire product line.  This means they are perfect for mixing and matching! Even if I didn't necessarily do that on today's card, I love having that option.
 
I recently learned how to assemble the Lawn Fawn Double Slider Surprise Die and I've been making them ever since!  You can see my others samples here and here.  I strongly encourage newbies to watch the Introductory Videos on YouTube by Kelly Marie Alvarez (the owner of Lawn Fawn) and they are a game changer.  Whether it is the Double Slider Surprise Die, the Lawn Fawn Pivot Pop Up Die, the Lawn Fawn Magic Picture Changer Die or any other Lawn Fawn product, she walks you through step-by-step instructions on how to assemble these products.  I promise, it makes all the difference and you will feel confident and be successful in putting this card together.  If I can do it all by myself, so can you! 

The base of this A2 sized card is made from black cardstock.  I used a scrap piece of designer paper for the first 5 1/4" x 4" layer of this card.  I wish I could tell you where this "trick-or-treat" paper came from because it's so fun, but I can't recall!  I was able to assemble the surprise slider die and adhere it directly to the center of my card. 
I stamped all of the images from the Lawn Fawn Spooky Village stamp set in Memento Tuxedo black ink on Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock.  I colored in all of the images using my Copic alcohol ink markers.  I added small highlights to each of the colored images with a Sakura White Gelly pen.

I die cut the grass from a celery cardstock using the Chunky Grass die from Waffle Flower.   I adhered the grass to the bottom of the center component of the card and the two side pull-outs. I adhered a black chevron paper to both sides of the pull-outs when I was making the double slider surprise base.  I used a piece of orange pattered cardstock for the front portion of the slider. 
*As a little tip, when you begin to adhere the pieces to your card, be sure that the pieces on the slider pull-out portion of the card are adhered directly to the cardstock.  You cannot put foam adhesive or pop dots on the slider because then it won't work effectively.   For the front of the card, you can pop them up all you want!  Lastly I stamped the sentiment "Ghostly Greetings" on a scrap piece of white cardstock also in Memento Tuxedo black ink and popped it up with foam adhesive. 

Thanks for visiting and have a wonderfully creative day!

Hello friends!  Today I'm sharing this card over on the Butterfly Reflections, Ink blog.  Eek!  I'll admit that I've been slow to make the jump from fall and Halloween to Christmas cards, because I'm certainly not ready for snow yet, but I also know that yes, Christmas IS coming. . . eventually!  And, if I don't start making my Christmas cards now, then I'll never get them finished before I need to mail them.
 
Today's card features the North Pole Littles by Hello Bluebird.  And yes, these "little" images are nearly as tiny as you think!  Each elf and reindeer is probably only about 1" tall.  This makes coloring real fun!
*Note to self - color BEFORE you die cut, not after.  Lesson learned the hard way!  : )

This slimline card measures 8 1/2" long x 3 1/2" wide.  The great thing about slimline cards is that they will fit into a #10 business sized envelope, so you don't need to worry about additional postage.  The base of my card is made from red cardstock.  I matted the red cardstock with a 8 1/4" x 3 1/4" piece of Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock.  At the very top of this white piece of cardstock, I stamped the sentiment "Bring on the Merry" in red ink. 

Using the WPlus9 Landscape border dies, I cut four layers out of Neenah Solar White smooth.  I lined the top of each "snowbank" with a Lawn Fawn Glue Tube and added Lawn Fawn Chunky Glitter to create a division between snowbanks.  I die cut the bare trees from grey cardstock using the Lawn Fawn Stitched Trees border dies.  I tucked some of the trees behind the snowbanks.  I die cut the mountains from the same grey cardstock using the Hello Sweetums Mountains of Fun dies. I cut the snow peaks from a white sparkle/glimmer cardstock. 

I stamped all of the images from the Hello Bluebird North Pole Littles stamp set in Memento Tuxedo Black ink on Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock and colored each image with Copic markers.  I added highlights to each colored image using a Sakura White Gelly pen. I die cut all of the images using the coordinating Hello Bluebird North Pole Littles dies. Then I added all of the images to the card creating a layered scene from Santa and Mrs. Claus at the bottom of the card to the elves and reindeer in the middle and lastly the North Pole at the top!

I hope you have enjoyed today's card!  Thank you for visiting!

Hello readers and TGIF!  I feel like we need to have a party today because it's Friday and we've all made it through the week!  So, I'm bringing out the Lawn Fawn Costume Party stamp set and the Lawn Fawn Shadow Box to celebrate!  These little trick-or-treaters are ready for the weekend too!

The base of this shadow box card is made from Basic Black cardstock.  I followed the Lawn Fawn Introduction to Shadow Box card tutorial on YouTube in order to assemble this shadow box die.  If you own any of the Lawn Fawn interactive dies, I highly recommend watching the "Introduction" tutorials on YouTube, done by Kelly Marie Alvarez (the owner of Lawn Fawn) for the best step-by-step tutorials.  After assembling the shadow box frame and hillside pieces (also in black cardstock), I stamped each of the images in Memento Tuxedo Black ink on Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock.  I colored the images with my Spectrum Noir makers and added highlights to each image with a Uniball White Gel Pen.  I added the images to the shadow box card with tear tape for strength.  Lastly, I added a coat of Clear Wink of Stella to the images for added sparkle. 

Here is the Lawn Fawn Costume Party stamp set that I used to create today's card:

Thanks for visiting and I hope you all have a wonderfully creative weekend!

Hello crafty friends!  Today I am sharing this fun card over on the Butterfly Reflections Ink, website.  This card combines my love of Halloween, interactive components, cute critters and candy!  What's not to love!?

Last weekend I was in Vermont on an annual craft retreat and I brought my Lawn Fawn Double Slider Surprise Die with me because, well, I've owned it for over two years now and it's high time I learned HOW to use it!  I think the Lawn Fawn Double Slider Surprise is such a cool card, but I was very intimidated by putting it all together.  I strongly encourage newbies to watch the Introductory Videos on YouTube by Kelly Marie Alvarez (the owner of Lawn Fawn) and they are a game changer.  Whether it is the Double Slider Surprise Die, the Lawn Fawn Pivot Pop Up Die, the Lawn Fawn Magic Picture Changer Die or any other Lawn Fawn product, she walks you through step-by-step instructions on how to assemble these products.  I promise, it makes all the difference and you will feel confident and be successful in putting this card together.  If I can do it all by myself, so can you!

The base of my card is a smoky slate cardstock.  I lined the card with a piece of  chevron paper.  To create the base of the Double Slider Surprise component I used an avocado green cardstock.  I stamped all of the images from the My Favorite Things Frightfully Sweet stamp set in Memento Tuxedo Black ink on Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock.  I also added the pumpkins from the Lawn Fawn Costume Party stamp set and the ghosts are from the Lawn Fawn Happy Haunting stamp set.   I colored in all of the images with Copic markers and added highlights to many of the images with a white gelly roll pen. I die cut the images using the coordinating My Favorite Things Frightfully Sweet dienamics, the Lawn Fawn Costume Party Lawn Cuts and the Lawn Fawn Happy Haunting Lawn Cuts.

I stamped the "pull here" tab on each side of the sliders in Memento Tuxedo Black ink using the Lawn Fawn Push Here stamp set.

*Tip - When you adhere the images to the two outside slider component of the card, you must adhere them directly to the card.  You cannot add pop dots or foam adhesive to the sliding component, because they will no slide in appropriately! 

For the front of the slider component, I added the colored images with foam adhesive and adhered the images to the card.  On a scrap piece of avocado cardstock, I stamped the sentiment in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and adhered it to the top of the slider component with foam adhesive.   Lastly, I added a coat of Clear Wink of Stella of the images for added sparkle. 

I hope you have enjoyed today's interactive card!  After putting a few of these slider cards together over the weekend, I am no longer intimidated by assembling this die and I hope you will try it too because it really has such a "WOW" effect!

Thanks for visiting and have a wonderfully creative day!